Sparkling Gems

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Lets see....it has been a LONG time since I've used this blog...my heart still wants to write...but I am not really good at it. So maybe I will just say what ever and post some pics....yeah, that sounds about right for me. :)

This year has been very challenging physically for me...I should have been blogging all along the way! However, I have kept a prayer journal...mostly because I did not want my sometimes ugly attitude to be made public. God was really working some things out in me that needed lots of purging. Some would think as life goes on that it gets easier...for the most part it does. There are just some things that are still painful and people still can hurt us...it's what we choose to do with those hurts that make us better people.

Monday, July 6, 2009

I was working and we were soooo busy...I amost missed the time! Did not know what cool thing to do at the last minute....so I took a pic of my favorite saying and the clock!!! Everyone did a good job! Thanks for all the Facebook pics too!

All who played will be entered into random[dot]org or com for a cool prize~

Until 8.9.10.....

*****Take your picture at 11 minutes 12 seconds after 10 EITHER am or pm, your choice****Last night Chris thought of this cool idea to have everyone take a photo at the same time!

Are you in? Here's how to play:

1 Have your camera handy on July 8th-this Wednesday

2 Take a photo of whatever you are doing when your clock says 10:11 am or pm. (we won't worry about timezones)

3 Challenge yourself to think outside of the box in how you take the photo or don't worry about that part and just snap one real quick!

4 Post the photo on your blog or an online gallery. Leave a comment on my blog linked to your photo...a prize may be involved ;)

Monday, June 15, 2009

I am soooo proud of my boys. This weekend was their first ever track meet. Si ran a 7 min mile! Yoohoo! He came in 5th...so he has his work to do. He has a great build for track and he is determined to practice to run the mile in 6 minutes or below. Si likes distance....me, even though I ran track in HS, I just wanted to get it over with...so I was a sprinter. Guess that doesn't say much for my stamina! JJ is my sprinter....fast and furious...that's the way to go!

Oh, and this is rich...about a month ago between church services, Si was talking to some girls...and he was actually FLIRTING! That made me do a double take! I can remember the first middle school dance of the year...he did not want to go because he didn't think it was worth $5.00 to eat pizza and just sit there! So here is a pic of him talking amoungst his peers at the meet.We had to leave the meet early because we were BBQing at 5. Our couples group is so big, we wanted to just hang out and get to know a couple of people. The rain threatened it some, but we endured. After dinner, the kids challenged the men to kickball. Boy, the dad's do not have ANY mercy for for the kids, including girls...the mom's kept trying to convince them to take it easy on them, but much to our dismay, they acted terrible! Especially when they scored or when they got a kid out! Men!

There were 7 families altoghter. We were all so tired for church the next day!!!!

Here are the kids...(17 in all) waiting for their turn to kick.

This last pic is a view from our deck....we are so blessed to live here!

Monday, June 8, 2009

This weekend was really weird. Friday night we had a huge thunder and lightening storm. It made me miss OK....pretty much had a rainy COLD weekend. Very strange weather for here. We even had a tornado touch down at Southlands Mall and it turned over some cars! No one was hurt PTL!

Several topics come to my mind today:

1. My wonderful friend Betsy is making her way home after TWO long weeks in CA! Woohoo! I can't wait! She made me take some days off work to play with her...yep, she twisted my arm ;) She reminds me so much of Michelle O. They would get along great.

2. Trying to work today is almost impossile. Can't type or talk...I think it is the weird weather.

3. I am working on several projects...aprons, scrapbook pages, pj shorts and I want to start a quilt. Just take a look at this YUMMY fabric from Amy Butler...This is called August Fields, Wild Bouquet.Or what about this one....This one is Midwestern modern, Pink Dahlia.

Thanks Jaye for introducing me to this wonderful designer!

4. My book club is reading "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. I just started the book on Friday and it seems to be a great read. The beginning is very sad and since Saundra would not tell me the ending, I had to read if for myself... otherwise I would have been depressed during the 300 or so pages. I am bad about reading the endings first! I need to hurry and read it, (the middle portion anyway...lol) as I am hosting the girls on June 16th...wow, that is next week! Where does the time go?Anyone have any suggestions for books to read?